This is still in edits.
This is Book 2 in the Love Under Desert Skies Series. (Book 1 is Tagalong Bride.)
Things are going slower than I originally planned. I was hoping to get The Hero Least Likely out this month, but it’s looking like we’re looking at a June release instead. Right now, it’s still with my editing team.
A quick note about YouTube and Rumble:
I am narrating and posting my books, chapter by chapter, on YouTube and Rumble. I am currently working on putting Eye of the Beholder up. (I already finished with Tagalong Bride.) I post a new chapter Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I schedule these chapters in advance so that I don’t get overwhelmed by trying to do too much at once. I’m the kind of person who needs to pace herself. 🙂
The reason I publish more stuff on YouTube is that it’s easier to manage videos there. I have a harder time figuring out Rumble.
If you would like to listen to my books as I post them, here are the links:
Links to books’ playlists on YouTube:
On YouTube, I also post other videos, mostly to do with writing, publishing, marketing, and books I’m working on so here at the links specifically to the books:
To go directly to the Tagalong Bride playlist, click here.
To go directly to the Eye of the Beholder playlist, click here.
Loving Eliza is not available yet, but that book will start on May 14.
After Loving Eliza, I’ll be putting The Hero Least Likely up.
I am 53,000 words into The Earl’s Bluestocking Bride
This is Book 1 in the Marriage by Chemistry Series.
I still have a way to go before I’m done with this book. The reason writing is so slow for me these days is that I keep on adding to the story. I think I have about 20,000 more words to go before I’m done with this, but we’ll see. I don’t want to rush the book. I’m enjoying it. (I’m enjoying all of these books. It’s so nice that the burnout phase of my life is over.) I want to make this the best story it can be.
At the moment, the hero and heroine both know their secret identities. The heroine isn’t happy with him because in the opening scene, he did reject her play. He’s given her the love potion in an attempt to make amends and have her quickly forget how much he hurt her with that rejection, but the love potion didn’t work. So he’ll have to find another way to work things out.
I have brought in Logan (who was the hero in Ruined by the Earl which was Book 3 in the Marriage by Deceit Series), and it’s been a lot of fun catching up on things with him. I enjoy bringing in past characters if I can squeeze them in.
I’m 13,000 words in Masquerade Bride
This is Book 1 in the Marriage by Holiday Series.
This is my Halloween romance. The heroine is now in her new life as the “popular” girl. This is a lot of fun. She gets to assume a new identity and find out what life is like on the other side of the fence, so to speak.
I had to make a hard decision. This is Book 1 in the Marriage by Holiday Series. The Christmas book (A Wedding Carol) is next, and the Valentine book (It’s a Wonderful Marriage) is after that. But since I am writing so much slower these days, I don’t have the time to work on the Christmas and Valentine books to get the Christmas one out in November/December 2025 and February 2026. So I am pushing the Christmas book to November/December 2026. Hopefully, I can get the Valentine one out in February 2027.
The Preacher’s Wife is 19,000 words along.
This is Book 2 in the Oregon Series.
I can’t write in this every week. I find that I am also having to go back and revising scenes before I can move forward. I know where I am heading, but I’m having trouble figuring out the scenes that will connect where I currently am to where I need to be. So I’m letting my mind rest and think about it.
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Since I am pushing the Christmas and Valentine stories back, my immediate plans involve working on Book 3 in the Love Under Desert Skies Series when I finish The Earl’s Bluestocking Bride. I also plan on getting to Book 2 in the Marriage by Chemistry Series, but I don’t have a title for it yet.
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